Family Historian User Group

The Army is well served with various online databases. Does anyone know of online sources for other armed service databases? I am looking for RNAS, RAF and Naval sources.

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Thanks Jane - helpful as always!

Can anyone help? What is a Bounty Widow? It appears as an occupation in the 1861 census.

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Thanks Jane. I suppose I have to make a visit to get further documentation?

The Metropolitan Police Historical Store have made the following comment about one of my ancestors in an email response to my request for information. 'you would need to obtain his pension certificate from the National Archives to determine whether he was in fact your ancestor.' Can anyone tell me h...

Does anyone know of any websites catering for adoptions around 1885.

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If they were registered at a US consular office is there anywhere I can look to find out?

Sophie was born in Baltimore MD and was a US citizen. As far as I know after she came to the UK to live with her Gmother she stayed in the UK firstly in Northumberland then moved with the family after marriage to London. Is it possible for Sophie to register the births other than with the GRO?

Thanks Jane, I had discounted Edith Margaret because of the name difference and the fact that the censuses show Edith Williams and her sister to be born in Manchester Lancashire. However I did order the birth certificate and it shows the wrong parents. I also cannot find her sister Lucy born a coupl...

Thanks Nick. I am still looking for the birth records of my Grandmother. Here is the information I have but I am still unable to find either my grandmother or grandaunt birth registration. Can anyone help? My Grandmother was Edith Williams Donkin. We celebrated her birthday on March 3rd and accordin...

What is the best way of dealing with adopted children since they have two sets of parents?

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Hi Jane,

I know the birth dates (or I think I do) from my family records also the spinster's birth date was recorded on her death record. I have also checked 3 years each side of these dates. What I am trying to do is get copies of their birth certs.

Thanks Paul,

Yes it is the births of the two sisters I cannot find. Their parents were married in 1882 and I have a copy of their marriage certificate. One of the two sisters my GGrandmother married the other did not.

Does anyone have any ideas? My GGGrandfather married an American in Newcastle on Tyne. They had two daughters born in 1885 and 1887. Both appear in the 1891 and 1901 census as being born in Manchester. I also know their birth dates from family records but I cannot find them in the Findmypast records...

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Thanks for the responses. I reset the defaults for IE and now all is OK.

Thanks for your help
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None of the features on the drop down menu 'Internet' work. I get the error message 'Could not open or failed to locate and internet browser.' I can be connected to AOL and/or IE with the same result. I have allowed access by FH through my firewall. My default browser and dialler is AOL and I am on ...